Diseases transmitted by insects continue to have a major impact on
human populations. Malaria, dengue, onchocerciasis, sleeping
sickness and leishmaniasis all adversely affect man. Malaria is one
of the most important causes of child mortality and reduces
economic development in many countries, with agricultural
productivity often greatly reduced, as many vectors are active in
the wet season favourable for crop production. Vector control is
crucial to reduce the extent to which drugs are needed to treat the
diseases, as the parasite can become resistant, or the drugs are
often too expensive for those living in rural areas and urban slums
most affected by these diseases.

Chemical control of vectors is often the only method that can
reduce vector populations in a disease epidemic, but with vectors
developing resistance to insecticides, there is increasing
awareness that a single control method is often insufficient and
also that chemical control must be integrated where possible with
other control measures.

In Integrated Vector Management, Graham Matthews covers
the main chemical methods of vector control, including the use of
indoor residual spraying, space treatments, the use of treated bed
nets and larviciding, but also stresses the importance of drainage
schemes and improvement of houses to prevent access of indoor
vectors, techniques that have largely been responsible for reducing
the risk of vector borne diseases in Europe and the USA. This book
combines practical information from successful vector control
programmes, including early use of DDT, and recent research into a
vital resource for all those now involved in combating insect
vector borne diseases.

Integrated Vector Management is an essential tool, not
only for medical entomologists and those directly involved in
government health departments, but also for all those who provide
the skills and management needed to operate successful area-wide
vector management programmes. Libraries in all universities and
research establishments world-wide, where biological sciences,
medicine and agriculture are studied and taught should have
multiple copies of this important book.

Graham Matthews is Emeritus Professor of Pest Management at Imperial College, London, UK and, since 1972, he has advised the World Health Organization on the equipment used for vector control. Over the last decade he has also been Technical Director of the NGO, Yaounde Initiative Foundation and has been directly involved in vector control in Cameroon.

“This volume provides a nice overview of these
approaches and some of the issues involved—droplet sizes,
wallspraying tactics, and the like. It should be on the bookshelves
of anyone involved in the fight against mosquitoes.”
(The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1 June 2013)

"Essential for anyone involved in vector control or its
funding... The availability of the text as an e-book on Kindle will
make it available to a much wider readership and provide a portable
reference for travel and field work." (International Press Control,
1 November 2011)

“Matthews has done a great job in describing the many
options we have to control vector-borne diseases...both for those
starting in the field, as well as veterans, the book is of value
and a worthy addition to the limited number of recent books on the
topic...Five Stars” Bart Knols, MalariaWorld.org

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